A Little January Beauty Splurge.

 If I'm to be perfectly honest I have to admit that my beauty stash is full to overflowing and I don't actually need anything (want, yes, but that's a whole 'nother story...) But I had a couple of things that I needed to redeem before they ran out so I ended up with the above goodies.

I had a Caudalie offer from Gilt City for an oxygen facial which included a store credit. (The facial BTW was pretty good. Whilst not one of the best I've ever had, it was nice and relaxing and the cold blast of oxygen was, well, interesting, even if the results weren't that long lasting).

With the store credit I bought a Vinexpert Eye Serum, as I don't have a spare eye cream in stock. I've used this before and it does the job without being too heavy or greasy.Oh, it did come in a box, but whenever I get a Caudalie product I unbox it straight away and enter the proof of purchase code to the Caudalie My Rewards account I have. It's a really good rewards program if you like Caudalie products and use them regularly. Take a look at it here us.caudalie.com 

Now normally the SpaceNK sale is filled with temptation for me, this year not so much... In fact there wasn't a great deal on offer in the US sale and for once the UK sale was much better. But I had ndulge points that were about to expire so I had to get something, right?

From the sale I bought a box of SpaceNK crackers. Now to call them crackers is a bit of a misdemeanor as they aren't pull-able and don't go 'bang' - what they are is a rather good selection of travel sized beauty products in a luxurious cracker like packaging. 

They would be lovely as decorations and whilst the whole box of six makes a fabulous gift for a beauty lover you could also split them up and give them as individual gifts. Yes the wrapped presents inside are that good, not a bad joke, tissue paper hat or fortune telling fish insight!

Instead you get:

. SpaceNK Life Ultimate Unwind Body Wash (100ml). A hydrating shower/bath gel with a delicious scent of lime, green tea and ginger.

. Caudalie Beauty Elixer (30ml) I always have one of these in my stash and always find a use for it.
. Oribe Supershine Moisturising Cream (50ml) I used a sample of this in October and loved it so much that I put it on my wish list.
. Laura Mercier Foundation Primer (30ml). Not one of my favourite primers but something that I will certainly use.
. Lipstick Queen Big Bang Gloss (full sized in the shade Creation). You can never have too many lip products and I simply love Lipstick Queen
. Rococo Creme Nail Polish (full sized in the shade V.I.P.). Can't go wrong with a classic, glossy, red nail and Rococo make great polishes.

As it was an online sale and I needed to make the $50.00 minimum for free shipping I also bought a Lipstick Queen Saint Rose Lipstick. It's one of my favorite ever lipsticks. (I love Lipstick Queen so much there's a blog post about them coming soon...) and I  received three free samples: Sunday Riley's Good Genes, Goldfadden Needle-less and Goldfadden Wake Up Call. 

I have to say I'm very pleased with my purchases and think that I really showed great restraint in the January sales overall!